Life on the Circle Ranch in California

Under the current United States copyright law, all works published or registered before January 1, 1928, have entered the public domain. This film, directed by William Duncan and produced by the Selig Polyscope Company, was released in February 1912. Since it was published well before the current 1928 cutoff, its copyright term has expired naturally. No search of renewal records is necessary for this title because its expiration was definitive upon reaching the end of the maximum statutory term allowed for works of that era (initially 28 years plus a 28-year renewal, which expired long before the 1976 and 1998 extensions could affect it). The film is listed in historical filmographies like the AFI Catalog and Motography trade journals from 1912, confirming its production date and US origin.